Bag-ribbon.



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BAG RIBBON.

APPLICATION FILED DEC.29. 1916,

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BAG RFBBON.

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Patented Nov.' 20, 1917.

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SAMUELv ENGLISH, OF-NEW YORK, N. Y.

BAGmIBBoN.

Specication of Letters Patent. Patented Nov. 20, 1917.

Application led December 29, 1916. Serial No. 139,524.

` erence to a strip or ribbon of independentl connected bags.

Anobject of the present invention is to provide a ribbon or bag, or relatively large receptacles, capable of being wound into roll form for convenience in handling and storing and from which the bags may be removed one yat a time as in the manner of taking wrapping paper from a roll.

The invention has for another object thef provision of a strip or ribbon of this nature employing a body strip which not only connects the independent bags, but which also forms one side of the bag and thus economizes in material and lessens the number of steps necessary in the manufacture of thebag ribbon.

The invention further aims at the provlsion of a strip or ribbon of this nature which is so constructed that it is of uniform thickness at its opposite edges and may therefore be uniformly wound into a roll.

The above, and various other objects and advantages of this invention will be brought out more particularly in the following specie disclosure of the present preferred embodiment, the same being shown in the accompanying drawings wherein:

Figure l is a perspective view of a section of bag ribbon constructed according to the present invention, the bags being shown partly open to emphasize the alternate arrangement of the bags.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section taken intermediate the lateral edges of the ribbon.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the body strip which forms a part of the bag.

Fig. 4 is .a plan view of the blank from which the remaining portions of each bag are formed.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a section -of bag ribbon constructed according to the present invention, and disclosing a slightly modified form from that disclosed in Fig., 1.

Fig. 6 is a itransverse section taken through one of the bags of Fig. 5.

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of a section of the ribbon, showing a second modied.

form of the same.-

Referring to these drawings, wherein like parts are designated by similar numerals of reference throughout the several views, and referring first to the form disclosed in Figs. 1 to 4, inclusive, l0 designates a body strip which is of considerable length, and provided with spaced-apart transversely extending rows of perforations 11. The portions of the strip 10 lying between the rows of perforations ll provide one side of the bags which are formed on the strip.

The -remaining parts of each bag are formed from a single blank, such as shown in Fig. 4, and which comprises an opposite or outer side 12 having at its lateral edges aps 13 adapted to be crimped from top to bottom of the side 12 and to be secured at their free ends, by an adhesive or the like, to the strip 10 between a pair of the lines of the perforations 11. The flaps 13 are secured to the strip 10 adjacent to the rows of perforations 11 to form with the intermediate portion of the strip 10 the opposite sides and opposite edges of abag. The side folds inwardly into bellows form to admit of the expansion or opening of the bag to receive a relatively large amount of material.

In order to insure the even rolling of the bag ribbon, and consequently the uniform thickness of the opposite edges of the same, the bags are alternately arranged upon the strip as shown to advantage in Figs. 1 and 2. By this construction, the strip l0 not only forms the connection between the bags, but it also comprises one side of the bags.

The form shown in Fig. 5 is made from a body strip l()a which is of slightly greater width than the depth of the bags, and which is provided at one edge with a continuous bottom flap y14a formed by overturning one edge of the body strip against the outer side during the unwinding of the ribbon, the

strips may travel freely. rEhe bags may be torn from the strips one at a time, and by winding the strip into rolled form the bags are held together and prevented from scattering.

It is of course understood that various changes and modifications may be made in the details of construction of the abovespecifcally outlined form of the invention without departing from the spirit thereof, and being restricted only by the scope of the following claims.

claim:

l. A bag ribbon comprising a body strip having spaced-apart transverse lines of perforations providing a series of connected bag sides, and a corresponding series of blanks secured at their lateral and bottom edges to the body strip between the perforations to provide the opposite sides, edges and bottoms of the bags.

2. A bag ribbon comprising a body strip provided with' spaced-apart transverse lines of perforations forming a series of connected bag sides, and a corresponding series of blanks secured at their lateral and bottom edges to said strip between the lines of perforations, the bottom edges of said blanks being alternately secured to the opposite edges of the strip to provide a ribbon of substantially uniform thickness at its opposlte edges.

3. A bag ribbon comprising a body strip provided at intervals with transversely eX- tending lines of perforations, and a plurality of blanksprovided with lateral flaps folded inwardly and secured in spaced-apart relation to said body strip between the lines of perforations to form therewith a series of independent connected bags.

4. A bag ribbon comprising a body strip provided at intervals with transversely ex-A tending lines of perforations, and a plural' ity of blanks provided with inwardly folded flaps at their opposite edges secured to said body strip adjacent to the lines of perforations to form with the body strip a plurality of connected. bags.

5. A bag ribbonl comprising a body strip member having spaced-apart lines of perforations extending transversely across the strip, and a blank member provided with lateral flaps folded inwardly and secured to said body strip between the lines of perforations to form therewith the sides and edges of bags, one of said members being provided with a bottom flap adapted tobe folded over uponlthe opposite member to close the bottoniof the bag.

6.' In a bag ribbon, the combination of a body strip having spaced-apart transverse lines of perforations, and a plurality of blanks having their lateral and bottom edges overturned and secured to the body strip between said lines ofperforations to form a series of independent connected bags.

7. A bag ribbon comprising a body strip having spaced-apart transverse lines of perforations, and a plurality of blanks having their lateral and bottom edges overturned and secured to the body strip between said 'lines of perforations to form therewith a series of bags, the bottom edges of said blanks being alternately secured over the opposite edges of said body strip to dispose the bags with their open ends arranged alternately at the opposite edges of the strip.

8. A bag ribbon comprising a body strip having transverse line's of perforations spaced-apart the width of a bag, and a plurality of blanks having their lateral and bottom edges overturned and secured to the body strip between and adjacent to said lines of perforations to form a series of connected independent bags.

` SAMUEL ENGLISH. 

